GIGABYTE Modified Bios

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

I must be doing something stupid because i get this:

This is my (present)...with MEI Info for Haswell system:



Try as noted earlier....."Run as Administrator"

[vfdb]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

This is my (present)...with MEI Info for Haswell system:

Try as noted earlier....."Run as Administrator"

Yeah I did run is as an admin, I will flash the bios back to something older and see if that fixes the problem.

[virtualfred]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Yeah I did run is as an admin, I will flash the bios back to something older and see if that fixes the problem.

Run as admin, enter "cd C:\Users\user name\Desktop\MEinfo\Windows64" to use the right folder, then enter "meinfowin64"

[vfdb]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Run as admin, enter "cd C:\Users\user name\Desktop\MEinfo\Windows64" to use the right folder, then enter "meinfowin64"

Thanks that worked!! :D

This is what I get:

[vfdb]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Sorry if I'm being a pain but I am trying to update the MEI now to ME_8.1.40.1416 using FWUpdLcl64 but I get this error:


the ME_8.1.40.1416.bin file is in the same folder as the flash batch file and FWUpdLcl64

[virtualfred]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Sorry if I'm being a pain but I am trying to update the MEI now to ME_8.1.40.1416 using FWUpdLcl64 but I get this error:


the ME_8.1.40.1416.bin file is in the same folder as the flash batch file and FWUpdLcl64

Do you just enter "flash" ?

[Bongkie]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

@vfdb

Just use this ...

http://www.station-drivers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=4491

Download the Intel ME 8.1.40.1416 - FW [MEtool].zip

[vfdb]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Do you just enter "flash" ?

that was when i entered FWUpdLcl64

I tried it again with flash and this came up:


So i checked if it had worked with meinfo and saw this:



so i guess that the flash has worked.

So then i entered the bios again and the BLCK is still greyed out

[Bongkie]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

So then i entered the bios again and the BLCK is still greyed out

I don't have problem with bios F20a mod 3. We have the same board and processor.

Try to flash your bios with the latest F20a mod 4

[vfdb]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Yeah sorry this is with f20a mod 4 now, I updated the bios and flashed the MEI version again. I heard the reason for greyed out BLCK is the MEI version, so I have been trying to update it today. The BLCK works with mod 3.

[Bongkie]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Yeah sorry this is with f20a mod 4 now, I updated the bios and flashed the MEI version again. I heard the reason for greyed out BLCK is the MEI version, so I have been trying to update it today. The BLCK works with mod 3.

Flashback with F20a mod 3. The only difference with mod 3 and mod 4 is with mod 3 you have ME Firmware 8.1.30.1350 and with mod 4 you have ME Firmware 8.1.40.1416


Did you try clearing your cmos with battery out for ten minutes?

[Amurtigress]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

@ virtualfred and whom else it might concern:

I messed around with ME 8.1.40.1416 on my X79-UD5 today. I got it flashed, rebooted to verify the version number. All neat and working. Changed to secondary (blue) BIOS, did the same. Flashed, rebooted, verified version. All fine...okay, so I went back tot he main BIOS.

And then hell broke lose. Power cycle on main BIOS. Then dead with power on. Same again after powering down. No BIOS screen. I could revive it by clearing CMOS via button. Loaded optimized defaults... BIOS dead again. I wound up emergency-reflashing from the secondary BIOS and all was fine again on the primary. Optimized defaults worked, overclocking works.

Was that one freak occurence?

I know that not all MEs are flashing on X79...how about any 9.x versions on X79, any experiences?

[stasio]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Hmmm,
I flashed also with virtu modded BIOS (with MEI 8.1.40.1416) and for me so far OK.

[virtualfred]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Surprising behavior of the MEI firmware mods !

Z87 modified BIOS added to the first page ... Following small to small...

[killkernel]

Re: GIGABYTE Modified Bios

Hi, i'm sorry but this BIOS is exactly the same than mod1 with ME firmware 8.1.40.1416, so i supposed it may cause problem in certain cases... really strange cause i can change BCLK on Z77XUD3H and Z77XUD5H with the same modification... so you should revert back to mod1...

Hello Virtualfred! I've flashed to the Z77X-UP4 TH F9 Mod1, i've manually updated the ME firmware to the V.8.1.40.1416 and all went fine and now i've again in BIOS the option "CPU/PCIe Base Clock".

Thank again and have a nice day.

Greetings,

KK